Dear Parents and Carers,
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Harvest Festival services at St. Mary’s Church on Tuesday. Both services were full of the children’s expressions of gratitude and wonder of the season. Thank you also for the huge number of donations that were brought into school for the Bognor Regis Foodbank. They have already been collected and were received with a lot of love and appreciation.
TALK
We have launched a new initiative called ‘TALK’ which provides children with a clear system when they need to talk to a school grown-up about something that has upset them in school. This might be something to do with their learning as well as friendships. All the staff in the school will use this process. The word ‘TALK’ stands for:
Tell me what happened.
Are you hurt? (this could be physically or emotionally)
Let’s work it out together.
K
now that it has been sorted out.
LEARNING PIT-STOPS
During one of their morning meetings this week, the children have been reflecting on what have already learned during the first few very busy weeks of the autumn term. Here are some highlights:
Children in EYFS (Camber and Lewes Classes) have been learning
new sounds
how to write the letter ‘s’
how to sound talk
how to measure and compare using the words long and short and heavy and light
new songs to sing at the Harvest Festival
how to make leaf rubbings
how to use play-doh to enjoy the doh-disco
Children Key Stage 1 (Amberley, Bramber and Hastings Classes) have been learning:
about greater than or less than in Maths
how to use number lines in Maths
about homophones which are words, which sound the same but have different meanings and spellings (like flower and flour)
about the parables Jesus told
about the different parts of a plant
how we can label places on an aerial view of somewhere
how to add a danger and a solution to a story
how to mix colours to paint rainbows in Art
Children in Lower Key Stage 2 (Arundel, Bodiam and Pevensey Classes) have been learning:
what it was like to live as a Roman
about the story of Pompeii
about Boudicca’s life and her battle against the Romans
about which materials magnets are attracted to
why Christians believe they need to be a good steward of the world
about adding and subtracting 1, 10, 100 and 1,000 to different numbers
how to travel in different ways in P.E.
about different pronouns we can use in our writing
Children in Upper Key Stage 2 (Cowdray, Portchester and Southsea Classes) have been learning:
that factors come in pairs
about the 5 Pillars of Islam
about the importance of Hajj within the Islam faith and why Muslims go on a pilgrimage to Mecca to see the Kaaba
how animals have adapted to survive in different habitats
about the inheritance of different features in animals
about how to add and subtract accurately using larger numbers
how to write a sense-inspired setting description of autumn
how to use different stitching techniques
about what made Norman castles so unique
Prayer for October
Thank you to Brook, Bella, Noah and Lexi for their contributions towards our school prayer for October. It has been attached for you to share at home if you would like to do this.
Half Term Holiday Club
Further to previous ‘adverts’, here is a link
to the Half Term Holiday Club being run by South Coast Sports. HAF places are available.
Don’t forget to make your appointment for the upcoming Parent-Teacher Meetings which are taking pace during the week beginning Monday 14th October, as well as next week’s important information meetings about the key assessments which are being held next week. Please refer to the the key dates list which was sent out earlier in the term.
Have a lovely weekend in some lovely autumn sunshine. In the Key Stage 2 Harvest Festival service, we were encouraged to take a deep breath in to enjoy the smells of autumn… Perhaps give it go!
Take care
Kim Huggett